Of course you’re dying to hear more about Rosella’s new cafe and bar at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. It’s set to open in the coming week or so.

But first, here’s some more big news: Rosella is coming to Southtown.

Later this year, possibly as soon as this summer, the popular coffee house and roasting operation that started on East Jones Avenue will take over the former Isaac Maxwell Metal building on South Alamo Street.

Owner Charles Gonzalez didn’t have a lot of details about Southtown beyond plans for breakfast and lunch service and a bar. But he had a ton of details about the new Rosella at The Garden, which he said is on track to open within the next two weeks, possibly as early as Saturday.

Set in the garden’s old carriage house, Rosella at The Garden will have much in common with Rosella at The Rand, the swanky union of cocktail bar, coffee house and new American bistro that opened at the Rand Building downtown in November. For starters, Rosella at The Garden will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner and 8 or 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday for brunch, Gonzalez said.

The menu will mirror Rosella at the Rand — breakfast, burgers, avocado toast, full entrees — with nods toward a lighter garden sensibility, featuring more salads, a veggie burger and the addition of crepes for breakfast, lunch and dessert, all of it overseen by Rafael Peña, chef at Rosella at The Rand.

In addition, Rosella at the Garden — which won’t require admission to the botanical gardens to visit — will include a full bar overseen by Rosella bar director Jesse Torres, with wine, four beer taps and cocktails drawing inspiration — and herbs — from the nearby gardens.

In addition to the new garden location, Rosella’s expansion beyond East Jones Avenue and Rosella at The Rand also includes satellite shops at Methodist Hospital, H-E-B Alon Market and soon at the Lincoln Heights H-E-B.